Politics, Passion, and Parts...

POLITICS:

So, if you haven't been living in a cave under the sea, you know that Primary Caucus season is in progress. For once, the Republicans have done it "nicer." Why is it that the Democratic party holds OPEN Caucus races and OPEN Primaries? That means that anyone from any party can vote for the Democratic candidates in the Democratic Nomination process... that means that people who hate a certain candidate, can make a protest vote count against that candidate, because they already know who is going to be nominated in their party. Now, supporters of the candidate benefitting from such protest votes will claim that he has the power to bring people together. Horse PUCKY! Protest votes, people, from voters who WILL vote Republican in a general election.... not swing over to the most liberal candidate on the stage. Ugh... the Democratic party is a mess :( Here we go again, another term of "learning on the job." That is, if the newbie wins... and I believe I am wise enough to know, even at my less than ripe old age, that he won't win in a general election.

Fine. We continue to live in a misogynistic country, whose population has a serious addiction to spin, rhetoric, and mediocrity (relative mediocrity... none of the candidates is a mediocre person by any means). We, as Americans, are threatened by each other... we want the American Dream... we don't want anyone else to have it first... and if they DO achieve it before we've had a chance, then they'd better be, at most, on our level of sophistication, so that we might overtake them... someday... in our dreams. Look at American Idol: a celebration of mediocre talent, the likes of which is not driven by artistry at all. America's addicted to it...

Now, just remember Patrick Henry's famous statement, "I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend your right to say it, to the death”

Respect each other, and try to understand each other's differences...


PASSION:

Passion for me lately has been politics, and fighting for a woman whose achievements I admire... achievements we can ALL admire... such as writing, and helping to pass into law, a bill that would guarantee health care for ALL veterans returing from war, or already back home. Before this bill, vets had to go to a VA hospital... some vets don't live anywhere near one... and by that I mean maybe a day or two of travel... sometimes more. Ridiculous. Vets have lain their lives down for our protection, and until Senator Clinton rallied support for this bill, we couldn't provide them with anything other than a "thanks, and the VA hospital is that-a-way."

Passion for me is also that which I feel for work, and my loved ones, and my dog... who has been in the hospital. She had a tumor removed on 02/13/08, and was sent home a day and a half later.. now this was a tumor which shared the proportions of a small apple. The wound was large. Well, apparently, because of the rush to get her home, and the lack of, perhaps, enough sterile protection, the wound became infected... and when your skin starts to die, it causes a neurological response: SHUT DOWN. There you have a classic Catch-22.. can't heal because you're shutting down. So, my pup had a second surgery on 02/19/08 to remove the dead skin, and the infection. Are we out of the woods? We shall see.


PARTS:

Ah, yes... parts... roles... WHO KNOWS?! LOL... well, I do know a few upcoming ones for sure, but I can't announce them yet, and/or I don't have scheduling info or ticket info yet... so send me good thoughts as I meet with a few agents this week, and finish my list of auditions.


STAY HEALTHY, Everyone!